These officials discussed with sad faces, but what results could be discussed? It's all at a loss, and in the end they all leave with sad faces! Originally, the surrender of foreigners was supposed to be a festive day, but when these officials left the palace, their faces sank like water.

The festive people outside couldn't help but be a little curious when they saw it, it was such a festive day that made people applaud, why were these officials so sad?

Soon the news spread throughout the city, and the people who were still immersed in the festive atmosphere heard the news as if a head of ice water was poured from their heads, and the festive mood suddenly disappeared, and the foreigners would come again! And it's a big team!

What frightened them even more was that the army of the Ming Dynasty was going back to China! The smile on the face of everyone who heard the news instantly froze, and a chill ran out in their hearts!

The city of Manila, which was originally full of festive atmosphere, instantly seemed to be frozen by the cold current, and suddenly became surprisingly quiet and depressing! Everyone was frightened in their hearts, and at the same time, a thought couldn't help but arise in their hearts, why did the Ming army leave? If only the army of the Ming Dynasty could stay and defend against the foreigners!

Many people unconsciously gathered in the palace, and many people went to the ministers, hoping that they would come forward to leave the Ming army. But the answer was very cruel, after all, Luzon was only a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, not the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so the Ming Dynasty was unwilling to travel thousands of miles to station a large army here.

Not only that, but the officials wanted to nominate the former king's nephew as king, but he refused, saying that he was too young to inherit the throne! No matter what these officials said, in short, he firmly stated that he would not inherit the throne.

It's not a good job to be the king of Luzon now, don't you see that the king's family is already dead? If you don't become the king of Luzon, you may still survive, saying that if you become the king of Luzon, when the foreigners come, you will definitely be killed by the foreigners.

It's embarrassing, no one even wants to be a king! At this time, someone finally came up with an idea, since no one wants to be a king, then why should there be a king?

Since the Ming will only send a large army to protect its territory, if Luzon also becomes the territory of the Ming Dynasty, won't the Ming Dynasty garrison troops here? In any case, the difference between a subject country and a subject territory is only one word.

It has to be said that this proposal was praised by many people as soon as it was proposed, and then spread more and more, and soon the officials of Luzon went to the palace with a huge number of people to petition, asking for the annexation of Luzon to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Zhijie was very calm in the palace, sitting firmly in Diaoyutai and waiting for the final result, he not only thought about occupying Luzon, but also thought about the officials and people of Luzon begging him to occupy Luzon, kneeling and begging.

Came to the palace gate with the guards, Zhang Zhijie immediately felt that there were dense officials and people kneeling outside, Zhang Zhijie calmly walked out of the palace, stretched out his hand to help the leading official, and said with a smile: "What's wrong with you?" Although the army is about to leave for China, it is not worth such a generous gift from everyone! Get up, everybody! ”

The leading official did not get up, but raised his head and said in a deep voice: "Lord Admiral, Luzon has been a subject state of the Ming Dynasty for generations, and now it is invaded by foreigners and is unable to protect itself, so I am willing to merge the whole country into the Ming Dynasty as a state, and I implore the Ming Dynasty for protection!" The people of Luzon will be loyal to the Ming Dynasty from generation to generation, and there will be no two hearts! ”

Zhang Zhijie listened and groaned: "Luzon is far away from the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that you are a little reluctant to seek the distance!" ”

"Lord Admiral, didn't Da Ming also put the old Hong Kong Propaganda Division? Now that the Ming Dynasty has opened the sea, the imperial court has a huge fleet of sailors, and the moat has become a smooth road, and I also ask the adults to agree to the kneeling invitation of the people of Luzon! The leading official said earnestly.

As soon as the official's voice fell, the officials behind him also pleaded, and later knelt down and begged with the people, and the sound of kneeling and pleading shook the city of Manila, and even spread far away.

Zhang Zhijie sighed a little embarrassed and said: "This governor has also been in Luzon for a short time, and he also has a deep affection for the land of Luzon, and he doesn't want you to be invaded by foreigners, and I don't want to see the people here being oppressed by foreigners!" ”

"However, you want to incorporate Luzon into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, after all, this is not something that the governor can decide, if you really have this heart, you might as well send an envoy to return with the governor to meet the emperor, as long as the emperor is approved, then Luzon will be the land of the Ming Dynasty! Daming will never let his land be invaded by foreigners! ”

Although they did not receive a positive reply from the Admiral, but there was a glimmer of hope in the end, these Luzon officials began to be busy preparing Luzon land, Ding Hu and other copywriting, and worked together to produce the "Please Accept the Chart Text", which was brought to the Ming Dynasty to present to His Majesty the Emperor.

Of course, just doing this can't reassure them, they are afraid that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will refuse, so they also asked Zhang Zhijie about the emperor's preferences. It's just a pity that they don't have much to handle.

Because the city of Manila has long been looted by foreigners, and those foreigners have been looted by Zhang Zhijie, so everything in the treasure house in the palace is there for Zhang Zhijie! Of course, they didn't dare to ask Zhang Zhijie for it, after all, they led the army to help Luzon defeat the foreigners.

So I got together and took some tribute, because I knew that I was going to the Ming Dynasty to ask the emperor to invite Luzon, and both the people and the big families were willing to donate the good things at the bottom of the box, and finally made up some.

But it's still a little shabby, what should I do? These ministers brainstormed and prepared to send a few beauties to the emperor, and as soon as the news spread, the response was like a cloud!

After all, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was the most powerful and wealthy person in the world in the eyes of the Luzon people, and it was unthinkable that he could send his daughter to the Ming Dynasty as a concubine.

However, Zhang Zhijie hurriedly stopped, and brought back some ordinary Luzon women, Zhang Zhijie estimated that he would be sprayed to death by Emperor Zhengde!

"Our emperor is rich all over the world, and there are no treasures and beauties, so you don't have to toss around, let's hurry up and set off with this governor! Don't worry, when you arrive in the Ming Dynasty, this governor will give you good words in front of the emperor! ”

With Zhang Zhijie's words, the accompanying ministers finally breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Zhijie left two warships stationed in Manila, and the rest of the warships left Luzon in a mighty way.

With four Spanish ships and more than 300 captured Spaniards, as well as envoys from Luzon, the fleet headed for Hakata Bay, where it would officially set sail after all the ships in Hakata Bay had rounded.

(Historically, Luzon, also known as the Philippines, was a struggle after being colonized by Spain, and the King of Sulu once came to the Central Plains during the Qing Dynasty to ask for Luzon to be included in China's territory, but was rejected by the emperor of the Qing Empire.) ）

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